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Frank Lampard out of Chelsea's match at Bolton
24 Jan 2011 at 22:18hrs | Views
Frank Lampard did not travel with the rest of the Chelsea squad for tonight's Premier League match at Bolton Wanderers – but John Terry was included in the squad.
Lampard recently returned from a four-month lay-off caused by hernia and groin problems. The 32-year-old picked up a calf injury during training earlier this week, but had still been expected to feature this evening as Chelsea aim to reduce the 10-point gap on leaders Manchester United.
However, given Chelsea face Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime and then Sunderland in the league just three days later, it is believed the decision was taken to give Lampard some extra rest and recovery time.
However, Terry, who had been a doubt with a slight back problem, did make the journey to the north-west, Chelsea confirmed this morning on their website.
The Premier League champions, meanwhile, look to be close to finalising a deal to bring the Brazil centre-half David Luiz to Stamford Bridge. The 23-year-old, who would be cup-tied for the Champions League, did not feature in the Benfica squad for the 4-2 victory over Nacional on Saturday ahead of his anticipated move.
As part of the agreement, Chelsea could loan out a young defender to the Portuguese side, with the left-back Patrick van Aanholt or the centre-half Jeffrey Bruma possible candidates.
Lampard recently returned from a four-month lay-off caused by hernia and groin problems. The 32-year-old picked up a calf injury during training earlier this week, but had still been expected to feature this evening as Chelsea aim to reduce the 10-point gap on leaders Manchester United.
However, given Chelsea face Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime and then Sunderland in the league just three days later, it is believed the decision was taken to give Lampard some extra rest and recovery time.
However, Terry, who had been a doubt with a slight back problem, did make the journey to the north-west, Chelsea confirmed this morning on their website.
The Premier League champions, meanwhile, look to be close to finalising a deal to bring the Brazil centre-half David Luiz to Stamford Bridge. The 23-year-old, who would be cup-tied for the Champions League, did not feature in the Benfica squad for the 4-2 victory over Nacional on Saturday ahead of his anticipated move.
As part of the agreement, Chelsea could loan out a young defender to the Portuguese side, with the left-back Patrick van Aanholt or the centre-half Jeffrey Bruma possible candidates.
Source - Byo24News
